Sean Spicer, whose job, until Friday morning, was to speak extemporaneously on behalf of the Trump Administration, was never much good at extemporaneous speaking.
It is now generally believed that English descant originally involved singing in two parts with an upper voice extemporaneously added to a plainchant, frequently in contrary motion, as opposed to the parallel motion typical of fauxbourdon.
Where certain patterns of musical structure have gained broad recognition (as the ragas, or melody types, of India), musicians will as a rule rework such patterns extemporaneously though in accordance with prevailing conventions.
The format generally involves one person, the disc jockey, introducing and playing phonograph records and chatting informally and usually extemporaneously in the intervals.
She began by apologizing: "Unlike Tom, who can speak extemporaneously, I have to write everything down".
He began to talk extemporaneously about the continent's abundant resources and poor governance.
In November, speaking extemporaneously by video at a conference in New Delhi, Zardari declared that Pakistan might be willing to follow a policy of "no first use" of its nuclear weapons, a remarkable departure from past Pakistan Army doctrine.
Has Perry said anything extemporaneously that is coherent enough to put on a plaque in a locker room?
In a windowless Pentagon conference room, Kincaid spoke extemporaneously.
As Carter gave his lecture in Buffalo, I wondered how many people in the audience realized that he was speaking extemporaneously; he glanced down at the lectern occasionally, but I knew he hadn't brought a text, or even notes.
